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* Kimura himself was pretty tough customer. Upon his second visit to Brazil he was bullied into fighting aforementioned Santana, who was younger and in top condition, whereas Kimura suffered from an injury at the time. The two beat the shit out of each other for forty minutes with the fight ending in a draw:
{{quote|That night, my face was badly swollen. I had a number of cuts on my face. Every time I breathed, an excruciating pain ran through my belly, and I could not sleep. (...) However, I learned a very important lesson in this fight. That is, one must never fear death. If I had not had the iron will to fight despite the possibility of getting killed, his head butts would have torn my intestine into pieces.}}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson Jackie Robinson] was a man who is admired in modern times, regarded as a civil rights icon and visionary, but that was [[Vindicated By History|not the case in 1947]], where professional baseball was full of bigots who didn't want him there and made no effort to hide that opinion. Many other Dodgers players threatened to sit out games if he played, opposing teams threatening to strike. Fans jeered and mocked him, and he faced physical and verbal abuse from players and managers, often with gratuitous use of the N-word. Still, for him, giving up was ''never'' an option.
* Perhaps only rivalled by Kazushi Sakuraba's epic 90-minute fight with Helio's son, Royce Gracie in the PRIDE FC. Sakuraba is the Determinator here, as shortly after that fight he showed up for the next one, against the 50 lbs heavier, much better rested, and feared striker Igor Vovchanchyn (pretty much his worst nightmare if you would choose one)''and went the distance for another 20 minutes'' - fighting well enough for the match to be considered a draw. His corner decided to throw in the towel at this point before the extra round was on, just as Royce's corner had done earlier.
* Not to be outdone (in what is now considered a classic rivalry), a few months later another Gracie, Renzo, faced off with Sakuraba and refused to submit to an armlock to the point where his elbow was broken - ''and beyond'', until the referee had to stop the match because of the injury. Renzo paid tribute to his opponent after the fight.
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* Here, let [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUYUvY6quE0&hd=1 this Canadian fellow] show you how it's done.
* Any athlete who has a physical disorder would qualify. Not even loss of limbs can hold these men and women from competing in athletic events. The best of these athletes come together for the Paralympics, where athletes with physical disabilities such as blindness, amputations, and even cerebral palsy come forth to prove to the world that no injury or defect will slow them down.
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